Digital Camera CCD Advisory Notice(s) Inside!

[Tim_axe]

I was browsing the dpreview main page and noticed a lot of news articles that said the same thing: "Company xyz issues CCD advisory notice."

There were some foul ups in the production of CCD imaging chips between Oct. 2002 - Mar. 2004 and a few models may expirence problems. So far no DSLR's are impacted...mainly Digital Compact (P&S) cameras at this point.

Among the CCDs used in the affected products listed above, it has been confirmed that, especially under high-temperature/high-humidity environments, the internal wiring may come undone in some places.
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During a certain period in the production process, there was a lack of uniformity in the quality of the CCD. It was determined that this problem may happen due to a combination of CCD quality and usage/storage conditions or age deterioration. However, the problem affects a limited number of units and may not occur in all cameras.

Most of the affected companies are willing to repair the camera free of charge even if warrenty has expired.


So far, it seems that these companies have camera models with potential CCD issues:

• Fuji USA
• Canon
• Sony

Some of the affected cameras:

• Sony:
  DSC-F717
  DSC-P10
  DSC-P12
  DSC-P2
  DSC-P31
  DSC-P32
  DSC-P51
  DSC-P52
  DSC-P7
  DSC-P71
  DSC-P72
  DSC-P8
  DSC-P92
  DSC-U10
  DSC-U20
  DSC-U30
  DSC-U60
  DSC-V1
  MVC-CD400
  MVC-CD500
  MVC-FD200
  -
• Canon (Digital Still Cameras):
  PowerShot A60
  PowerShot A70
  PowerShot A75
  PowerShot A300
  PowerShot A310
  Digital IXUS V3
  Digital IXUS II
  Digital IXUS IIs
  -
• Canon (Video Cameras):
  MV600i
  MV630i
  MV650i
  MV700i
  MV730i
  MV750i
  MV5i
  MV5i MC
  MV6i MC
  ZR60
  ZR65 MC
  ZR70 MC
  ZR80
  ZR85
  ZR90
  Elura 40 MC
  Elura 50
  -
• Fuji Cameras (Serial Number Ranges):
  FinePix S2 Pro 31A127**~31A143**
  FinePix S2 Pro 32A000**~32A039**
  FinePix S2 Pro 33A000**~33A007**
  FinePix S2 Pro 34A000**~34A004**

Links to advisory @ dpreview:

• Fuji Cameras -> Check Here
• Canon Cameras -> Check Here
• Sony Cameras -> Check Here

My early guess is that all of these cameras used Sony CCDs, and thus are affected by a recent advisory Sony issued about some of their CCDs.

 

[Tim_axe]

KonicaMinolta's cameras may also be affected...

Links: http://dcviews.com/press/Konica-Minolta-Oct05.htm

• KonicaMinolta
  DiMAGE 7i
  DiMAGE 7Hi
  DiMAGE A1
  DiMAGE Xi
  DiMAGE Xt
  DiMAGE X20
  DiMAGE S414
  DiMAGE F300

There is some speculation that a few of Nikon's cameras could be next because some use the same sensor as the Sony cameras affected...such as the CoolPix 5700...currently no known advisory issued for Nikon on issues related to this though...



Edit:
Add Nikon Also...

Thanks to PS-RagE. Nikon has issued advisories for 3 of their digital cameras.

• Nikon
  CoolPix 3100
  CoolPix 5700
  CoolPix SQ

Service instructions (if your camera's pictures come out messed up / color shifted / no picture) can be found here: http://www.nikonusa.com/email_images/nikonusa/service_advisory/coolpix.html

 

[n64man120]

I've had random issues with my Elura 40MC where I'd get no picture for a while... i suppose this is it.

Shipping the camera out tomorrow, since it has started to eat my miniDV tapes and spit them out suddenly, which apparently is a common problem with the model after a year or two of use.

Gotta love it...

 

[MrGuvernment]

was worried there! had a rebel, sold it now getting a Canon 20D, phwe, thanks for the ehads up as i know a few people with the Sony D* line

 

[SidewinderX]

The Canon EOS-Digital series uses CMOS sensors, not CCD. Nikon uses CCD though, so maybe they'll have an issue.

 

[jayjaya29]

Thanks Tim for posting this, I've got a DSC-P92, hopefully it won't go bad on me.

 

[PS-RagE]

Nikon's Service Advisory on the 3100, 5700 and SQ

 

[BillLeeLee]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm monitoring this to see if the D70 or similar gets added to the advisory.

 

[HorsePunchKid]

I saw the advisory when Fuji released some snippet about it. Finally got around to checking the serial number of the S2 I use; fortunately it's out of the relevant range!